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All the ideas for 'Reliabilism', 'On Body and Force, Against the Cartesians' and 'Rules for the Direction of the Mind'

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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

9807	In pursuing truth, anything less certain than mathematics is a waste of time [Descartes]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

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Reliabilist knowledge is evidence based belief, with high conditional probability [Comesaña]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / b. Anti-reliabilism

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In a sceptical scenario belief formation is unreliable, so no beliefs at all are justified? [Comesaña]

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How do we decide which exact process is the one that needs to be reliable? [Comesaña]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / h. Explanations by function

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To explain a house we must describe its use, as well as its parts [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

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Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

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God's laws would be meaningless without internal powers for following them [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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All qualities of bodies reduce to forces [Leibniz]

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Power is passive force, which is mass, and active force, which is entelechy or form [Leibniz]